sunday market

busy market scene

September 7th 2008
Chichicastenango, 11 abril 1990, early morning just before dawn. The narrow cobble-stone streets, the red tiled roofs are still enveloped in mist that comes down from the wooded hills surrounding this magical city. We're having breakfast at one of the make-shift cooking stalls surrounded by indios that have spent the night at the main zocalo wrapped in old blankets and are now busy unpacking bun ... read more

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The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more

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Hans Klausmann

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We looked at each other there and then but I don't seem to remember where and when. Lost between worlds, lost between cultures, lost between people, religious feelings forcing an endless narrative inside my Farang skull, feeling best when on the road with my greasy old faded jeans, my sweaty T-shirt, my bulky backpack containing my woldly possessions. Sleeping in third world rock bottom hotels, drinking cheap liqour with the locals, always in searching for a spiritual answer to my quest for peach and understanding. Shunning away from camara hung tourists but having no problemo with th... full info

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